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Arcade Game Designer 3The latest version of the arcade game creation tool for the 128K Spectrum. AGD 3 now boasts pop-up menu and inventory facilities for arcade adventur…
... 'm still struggling how to move a sprite from X;Y to A;B at ... start with IF and continue up to ENDREPEAT. Changing them is very ... everything down in RAM up to and including the 255 at ... 'm reluctant to give people functionality which could lock up the machine ... -
Key redefinition addresses for games made with AGDI am attempting to implement a system to make keys redefinable on the AGD-authored game I am working on. I tried to use [URL="http://www.worldofspect…
It seems to use a 7 byte buffer for storing its key ... and both of them seem to have that located at 34707 ... , #2B, #15, #C2); it is a part of the code that ... (n-10)+PEEK (n-9)*256-6 next will likely get ... -
What pressies did you get?So, what did the other wossers get for xmas? I got Sleeping dogs and Saints Row 3 for the PC, Celebration Day dvd, Underworld and Predators on dvd, …
... worst ever.
Woke up and blocked the toilet, couldn ... it for 10hrs and had to **** in a bag.
... joy.
Googled how to unblock a toilet and someone said put ... and no turkey...then back to work today...Merry ****ing Christmas ... -
What pressies did you get?So, what did the other wossers get for xmas? I got Sleeping dogs and Saints Row 3 for the PC, Celebration Day dvd, Underworld and Predators on dvd, …
... worst ever.
Woke up and blocked the toilet, couldn ... it for 10hrs and had to **** in a bag.
... joy.
Googled how to unblock a toilet and someone said put ... and no turkey...then back to work today...Merry ****ing Christmas ... -
Level design and homebrew(g0blinish's thread on random maze generation prompted me to post this thread.) In your opinion WOSSers, what proportion of level design is [B]scien…
... what you want the player to do, how the player interacts with ... trying to portray in that part of the game, or how to force a ... player in a certain direction because of ... there is a hard and fast rule, does it look nice and ... -
rate your 2012 on a scale of 1-10probably go about 7/10... finally moved out of the drug infested violent feces-hole of a town I was living in to somewhere much nicer. have become cl…
... all who came very close to a smack in the chops when ... he thought it was a good idea to openly take the ... clue how to develop a proper system. Grabbing a few jquery frameworks to make a website look ... showed the whole damn world how to host an Olympics. Plus we ... -
ZX Spectrum 48K help and Hello :)Hello out there I am a long time admirer of the ZX Spectrum range of computers my first go at one was in the early 1980s with my dads ZX 80 now its …
... It's unlikely there is a problem with the ROM. The ... bad. If I were to take a bet, I'd bet ... check the voltages to the lower 16K RAM. Look up the TMS4116 ... there are messages with quite a bit of detail).
... of it. However, without a RAM tester you won't ... -
now I know ant attack made it to microdrive.. but...[url]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/330871392312[/url] still looking for that gold dustbin version of trashman JD was on about.. he wouldn't tell such st…
... been more productive to have sent me a more helpful email ... feedback how honest I am as a seller.I have tried to verify ... prominent Spectrum collectors on eBay to ask their opinion. Nobody ... something that proved to be a fake.I look forward to your reply.Thanks ... -
The Disciple clone... doable?Hi. As a spectrum user in the 80's this was the dream interface all-in-one for me. I have a 48k+ and planning on get a 128K toast-rack later. Anyway…
... decided to make a disciple "lite". The goal is to make ... no knowlege of how, I know how to add a kemston, but ... run 2 small 5v fan to proper refrigeration.
< ... some guides and then align them on the drills ... for me to make a PCB than making a protoboard, the ... -
SpeedLockI'm aware that there are seven (7) - yes, SEVEN!! - different iterations of the SpeedLock loader. I've loaded games from all 7 types, one by one, and…
Thanks. :)
Had a brief play although I need to put a bit of time into it. I'll admit it took me a few minutes to work out (read remember / look up) the +D disk commands. :oops: -
The Disciple clone... doable?Hi. As a spectrum user in the 80's this was the dream interface all-in-one for me. I have a 48k+ and planning on get a 128K toast-rack later. Anyway…
... that the artist has forgotten to show that TR00, WRPR, ... collector'.) You want to pull these up for getting a clearly determined ' ... of course should be connected to Ground. The odd numbered ... that those who know how to connect a shielding to 'the power bus' ... -
Rocky Gush Floppy Drive InterfaceI have a Rocky Gush Floppy Drive Interface which I would like to post the details under the Hardware section of the website. What is correct procedur…
... is a giant lookup table.
Inside a modern ... FPGA the same technique is used to ... has a small look up table which when it boils down to it, ... a very large lookup table. It was probably easier and less expensive to ... -
Setting up an IDE HDD on the +3e helpHello, Just installed a HDD in my +3e (ROM ver. 1.11). When turning on it takes a few seconds longer but then shows 2 IDE (available) as well as 1 fl…
... you know 3eStrowsaw cannot connect to 8bit formatted devices directly. However ... DrvImg to copy a 256 HDF file from a device - this could be set-up ... the target or even set-up under emulation - you can ... have done with adding data to the 8bit (half sector) ... -
I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... 4[/B] a good go last night, trying to mop up some achievements ... ...We tried for hours to get a Wraith ... an hour). I know how to hijack a wraith easier than the way ... they turn up!
You'll get a laugh at how easy ... -
Z80 internal compressionThis isn't exactly a ZX Spectrum problem, but since WOS probably has some of the best Z80 coders in the world, I thought I might ask anyway. For my …
... good as it only allows a 256-byte window (it does 51% ... but the program's a lot easier to follow now and there ... tomorrow, plus I want to see if I can improve ... the file is a SCREEN$ and dumps it to the display ... s "load binary" option to load a test file when the ... -
Trailblazer - mapped?Anyone mapped Trailblazer yet? I'd kind of like to get hold of the maps. D.
... you:
* create a 256-byte string containing ascending values 0- ... string into the level D byte map at $682D
* ...
COUNTGO:inc a
ld (COUNT10),a
ret
to increase the pause interval.)
Speccy collection prepping for sale - Pics includedHi guys, I made a post a while back about having to shift my sizeable collection due to incoming sprog. I gave up typing up the names, so I'm going…
... /> Double Dragon
Down to Earth
Dynatron Mission
European 5-A-Side
F-16 Fighting ... br /> Hollywood Poker
How to be a Hero
I, Ball< ... People From Sirius
Periscope Up
Pioneer
Planetoids
Microdrive Serial ProtocolGentlemen, I've been dreaming for a long time to develop a Microdrive emulator, where an SD card loaded with .MDR cartridge images can be accessed t…
... 's probably only going to have a one byte buffer at most at ... motors all differ in speeds, how long are these runs of ... INIR/OTIR instructions (how long will the Microdrive tape ... documenting how the microdrive works, it's great research. But to make a ...Contended Memory woes...Hello All, An iccle problem I have and was hoping one of you fine WoSers could bail me out again... :) I've noticed that my emulator is running sli…
... the appropriate amount from the look up table using the t-state as ... myself but that looks like a simulation rather than an emulation ... . If you check for a "if access is contended ... doesn't appear to be the right way to go. It's ... but I have much to learn.Where do you stick the stack?...OK, so I've got a fair chunk of ASM code assembled from 24000 mark. The stack shouldn't get very big, just a few PUSHes and POPs of the main regis…
... do a Matthew Smith and LD SP,$5BFF and use the 256 ... needs to as Manic Miner and Jetset Willy use every single byte ... don't need a 256 byte interrupt table as the low byte of the interrupt ...
LD A,$5C ; Point to $5CFF
LD I,A
IM ...Where do you stick the stack?...OK, so I've got a fair chunk of ASM code assembled from 24000 mark. The stack shouldn't get very big, just a few PUSHes and POPs of the main regis…
... ;709950]If I'm trying to squeeze as many sprites as ... don't need a 256 byte interrupt table as the low byte of the interrupt ...External floppy driveI suspect this has been asked before but any way as I am new here. Has any one used an external floppy drive unit on the Spectrum+3 before now? Que…
... ), but modern drives will spin-up and slow-down faster than ... tricky. Read documentation about how to connect a modern drive to a 6128, it's ... be connected to a +3, but I suggest you to use a new floppy ... could use it to copy from images to real disks using ...External floppy driveI suspect this has been asked before but any way as I am new here. Has any one used an external floppy drive unit on the Spectrum+3 before now? Que…
... but modern drives will spin-up and slow-down faster than ... tricky. Read documentation about how to connect a modern drive to a 6128, it's ... be connected to a +3, but I suggest you to use a new floppy ... s possible somebody has come up with a better, more modern way ...A few Windows 8 questions...I'm thinking of picking up a new desktop pc for use on my big telly but pretty much every new machine I've seen is now pre-installed with Windows 8. …
... up with Windows' changes and developments, and (b) know how to phrase a ... search on Google well enough to find the ... turn into a paranoid luddite when Windows seems to baffle them ... linked up to an atom bomb.
Considering how many ...How to get 720KB on Opus Discovery floppy (using PC drive)I upgraded an Opus Discovery yesterday with a PC drive, but I'm looking for the way to get a floppy formatted as 720KB. If I understand other topics…
... 't had a simple awnser to my question about how to format a 720KB disk ... /No, enabled or disabled Spin-up sequence. Nor did you mention ... in the position where making up such decisions is necessary. For ... method if noone else turns up:
(for DOS 2.22 ...BIFROST* example: "Knights & Demons DX" source codeA package containing the source files of our multicolor game "Knights & Demons DX" is now available for download [URL="http://www.mediafire.com/?hbch…
... For instance, here's how to create a new function that waits ... br />
If you look at files [B]anim*.ctile ... animation. Therefore "highlighting" a tile (to indicate it's currently selected ... need to add 4 to the tile number. Analogously, to unselect a " ...Scrolling by 2 pixelsWhat is the fastest way of scrolling a Spectrum screen line by 2 pixels left or right? When thinking about it I've come to this simple solution: [C…
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Up to very [I]few[/I] bytes to rotate, I found a faster ... register's Msb and Lsb to store the two carry
to memory.
A three-byte version would take ... /> LD HL,4000
LD A,(HL)
RRA
...Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
Okay, modding the TZX files to insert a one-second pause after the ... />
3000 baud: a third of a screenful (so, a 256-byte block?) of wrong ... attributes, then a red border ...Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
... by knowledge. I used to run (still do, sort ... But yes, I know how to duplicate a tape - but then, I ... , there's no magic to it, just decent equipment.< ...
The recording level set up on the Pioneer was peaking ... do if they wanted to get the best recording ...GAC Tutorial Started!Hi all. I have a Youtube channel where I play old games and such. I also do a few programming tutorials. I have recently added a Graphic Adventure Cr…
... it would interest you to see how I did. I know ... :) I deliberately didn't look at the design you sent ... , apart from the intial look when you posted it, ... yet, I've added to the rooms graphics so I ... am doing a Tutorial on how to use GAC, not how to make a specific ...
